+​"Some people with frontal lobe injuriesseem completely normal...but they actuallyhave great difficultywith everyday tasks....This is called the frontal lobe paradoxbecause, even thoughthese people seemunimpaired...they have significant difficultiesin everyday life."

​Syracuse University ​Policy"[T]here is a human obligationto provide safety​for all personsof all ages who participate in its programs.All members of the University communityare stewards of these relationshipsand must recognize the differences of power​that often exist in them. As members of the community,we all have​the responsibilityto protect those​who are in ​a position of vulnerability."

Who Is Responsible?​

"While athletes should know ​signs and symptomsand report if they can, asking a kidwho is brain injuredto self report​is like asking a drunk​if they are okay to drive."Kimberly Archie

"The problem is that multiple hitscan interrupt the brain’s repair processes.Over time, the brain’s 'clean-up crew'may not be ableto keep pacewith the recurring hitsthat are inherent to any sport that involves constant collisions,such as boxing,​tackle football,or professional ice hockey."​

"The nature of injuries to cells are the same between mild and severe concussion in the brain, says Dr Stewart. The only difference is the scale, and studying one can tell us about the other." https://t.co/GapCtcGl6j

The EthicalEducator's ​DilemmaEducation Week 9/11/18​"Is sponsoring an activitythat causes disabling brain injury compatible with educators' responsibilitiesto students? Are there compensating educational benefits of playing tackle football that justify the risks? Does the putative consent of playersor their parents relieve educators and administratorsof their duty to protect students from harm? The answers to these questions are clearly​no, no, and no."​

​​​“Youth sports-related injuriesrepresent a major public health challenge,and overuse injuries,which result from repetitive microtraumaand insufficient rest,​are a particular and growing concern.Overuse injuries...can lead to lifelong disabilities,and are almost entirely preventable.”

“We present a quantitative risk assessment showing that… the risk of CTE…would permit the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration to intervene.…CTE is a public health problem,​and lawyers and physiciansneed to understand that this conclusion is based on standards of evidence​at least as long-standing and robust ​as their own."

"Detailed scansof concussed​hockey players​found that the protective fatty tissue surrounding brain cell fibers was loosened two weeks after​the injury -- even though the athletes felt fine and were deemed ready to return to the ice."

Cerebral Physics 101.​"Your brain sits inside your skullfloating in cerebrospinal fluid.So it’s about inertia.Every time you runand come to an abrupt stop,the brain crashes into the inside of the skulland reverberates against the other side,and no matter where you put your heador what form you use,that brain slosh is going to occur.The sport is about colliding bodiesand our brain is attached to our body,so it’s about inertia."Chris Borland

"Between these two extremes there may be all degrees of axonal injury. The pugilist usually makes a rapid and complete recovery from a single, slight concussion, but after repeated episodes there is a gradual appearance of permanent sequelae." (Peerless and Rewcastle 1967)

"President of CSU… $775,000.The CSU football coach… $1.5 million.[T]hese salaries indicate the importance… of athletic programs,which receive 52 percent of their budget from fees,direct and indirect institutional support, and state money.

[O]ne wonders about how the large subsidized cost of the athletic programfits with universities primary responsibilities: education, research, and scholarship….361 CSU employees… make less than $30,000…45… less than $25,000 per year....​Yet CSU's salary policy ignores their need for a living wage."